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New Open Medicine Foundation Video: Ron Davis Reports on "Fast-Tracking" ME/CFS Research

alex3619

alex3619

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Sasha said:
Interesting point there - we've been thinking for some time that there could be a dozen or more diseases under the ME/CFS umbrella but what if it's just one after all?
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I have been thinking two or more diseases. There are big differences in many studies with about a one third and two third split. Rituximab follows this pattern too. However if there is a major genetic factor (or several) determining specific response then it could easily be one disease. For now it pays to presume either could be the case.
 
Gingergrrl

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alex3619 said:
I have been thinking two or more diseases.
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I actually think that the ME/CFS umbrella term encompasses many different similar and overlapping diseases. But whether it is one disease or 100 different but similar diseases (just represented here on PR alone), I have no doubt that Ron Davis's team and OMF will get to the bottom of it.
 
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